On Monday 13 August 2012 20:58:27 Darrell Anderson wrote:
Kirsten Böge seems to be the "communications manager" of the project and probably the correct first contact.
yes.
Although the email will be written in English, what is an appropriate German salutation and closing? Culturally, would using German appear as a gesture of good will or not?
I think it will not. english is the commonly accepted language for international communications in IT, everything else would have a smell of 'anbiedern' :) (not sure how to translate that :)
Werner, although many Germans speak and write English, would you please review the final letter to ensure no cultural translation problems or slang appear in the letter?
looks ok, for me. see my small additions there. I think the most important fact for the limux team is that they realize that trinity is actively developed and not some kind of 'dead end'.
Werner